{"id":5613,"date":"2026-03-23T02:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T02:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/slovenias-liberals-and-conservatives-neck-and-neck-in-parliamentary-vote\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T02:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T02:35:20","slug":"slovenias-liberals-and-conservatives-neck-and-neck-in-parliamentary-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/slovenias-liberals-and-conservatives-neck-and-neck-in-parliamentary-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovenia\u2019s liberals and conservatives neck and neck in parliamentary vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The nearly equal result means that none of the main parties will have a majority in the 90-member parliament.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Slovenia\u2019s governing liberals and opposition conservatives were neck and neck after a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/22\/slovenias-governing-liberals-face-right-wing-populists-in-tight-election\">parliamentary election<\/a>, near-complete preliminary results showed, heralding a period of political uncertainty in the small European Union country.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Robert Golob\u2019s centre-left Freedom Movement won 28.5 percent of the vote, while the right-wing Slovenian Democratic Party, or SDS, led by ex-Prime Minister Janez Jansa, had 28.1 percent, the State Election Commission said after counting some 99 percent of the ballots on Sunday.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/20\/eid-celebrations-dimmed-by-war-and-displacement-across-middle-east\">Eid celebrations dimmed by war and displacement across Middle East<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/12\/eurovision-winner-nemo-returns-trophy-in-protest-over-israels\">Eurovision winner Nemo returns trophy in protest over Israel\u2019s inclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/16\/europes-growing-fight-over-israeli-goods-boycott-movements-mushroom\">Europe\u2019s growing fight over Israeli goods: Boycott movements mushroom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The nearly equal result means that none of the main parties will have a majority in the 90-member parliament and that whoever will form a future government will depend on smaller parties that will act as kingmakers. It was not immediately clear what shape possible future alliances might take.<\/p>\n<p>Golob expressed confidence that his party will form the next government, though he acknowledged that \u201ctough negotiations lie ahead\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince we have received the [people\u2019s] confidence, now we can think about going forward under a free sun,\u201d Golob said at his party\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, as he voted, Golob, 59, called on citizens to cast their ballots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocracy and Slovenia\u2019s sovereignty cannot be taken for granted any more,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Jansa predicted that \u201cthere will not be much [political] stability\u201d after the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition party leader has served as prime minister three times, most recently from 2020 to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Upon voting on Sunday, Golob warned that the \u201cdemocracy and sovereignty\u201d of Slovenia can no longer be taken for granted. He urged voters to \u201cnot let others decide instead of you. Go out and vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jansa said the election amounted to a \u201creferendum on whether the people can take back the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the vote, the election had been marred by controversy after a report last week alleged that Jansa met with officials from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/20\/slovenia-heads-to-polls-with-diverging-views-on-israel-in-focus\">Israeli spy firm Black Cube<\/a> in December.<\/p>\n<p>Golob told journalists after the report: \u201cThe fact that \u2026 foreign services are interfering in the elections of a democratic member state of the European Union is something unheard of.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nearly equal result means that none of the main parties will have a majority in the 90-member parliament. Slovenia\u2019s governing liberals and opposition conservatives were neck and neck after a parliamentary election, near-complete preliminary results showed, heralding a period of political uncertainty in the small European Union country. 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